Led coalition begins pulling out hundreds of troops from bases in iraq. So malaysia is rolling out some of the most extreme restrictions after a big spike in coronavirus cases many of them linked back to a single event thats causing all its borders and says its own citizens cannot leave the country for at least the next 2 weeks malaysias reported more than 300. 00 cases in just the past 2 days which takes the total a to over 550. 00 lets go around the world as well europe how the french president emanuel macron has declared war on the outbreak fronts closing its borders from 1100 hours g. M. T. Which is 2 hours away now in britain the government which has been under pressure to toughen its approach is also asking people to avoid nonessential travel and not to go out to places like pubs and clubs and theaters and in the us press. And donald trump has announced a 15 day plan to fight the virus and is urging no social gatherings of more than 10 people so lets start with malaysia Florence Louie there for us in kuala lumpur take us through 2 things here florence the restrictions that are in place and also this one single event which seems to be traced back to. Right so this all started from a this all can be linked back to a religious conference of muslim missionaries that took place between the 28th of february and the 1st of march at a mosque just outside of kuala lumpur now malaysia has recorded more 100 more than 550. 00 cases and more than 60 percent of those cases are linked to this one single event so the government is imposing a an order to restrict movement doesnt come into effect until wednesday but already were seeing that the streets are a lot quieter public transport restaurants shops and Many Companies have even started asking employees to work from home even though the order only comes into effect on wednesday now what this means is Government Services government offices businesses that dont provide that dont provide essential services will have to shut now essential services the few categories that fall into essential services transport health care water energy broadcast telecommunications the provision of food so restaurants markets supermarkets will be allowed to remain open but restaurants arent allowed to serve dine in customers only able to provide delivery and Takeaway Services now. But the most stringent of the measures is the closure of its borders malaysians will no longer be able to leave the country for the next 2 weeks until the 31st of march and foreigners will not be allowed to come into the country unless they work in one of those industries that are defined under essential services now and this will have an impact not only on malaysia but also Singapore Singapore while malaysia is one of the biggest trading partners for singapore is its 3rd largest it imports a lot of food from malaysia the singapore government the singapore Prime Minister has reassured singaporeans though that the that food and freight coming in from singapore the movement of goods coming in from malaysia into singapore will not be affected this was after the announcement by malaysia triggered a spate of panic buying at shops and supermarkets in singapore but whats going to. To be severely affected say economists is the singapore economy because this closure of Malaysian Waters well affect malaysian workers who work in singapore now as many as 300000 make that daily commute into singapore on the day on a daily basis and singapore economy the singapore economy depends on these workers who work from there who are going to Retail SectorRestaurant Services sector as well as factories singapore economy is going to be affected by the closure of the Malaysian Border to lahore and florrie in kuala lumpur with the word from malaysia thank you florence we head for the north china which has only reported just one new domestic coronavirus case in the past day 20 of the new infections were from people arriving from overseas on the economy side of things beijing expects things will return to normal in the 2nd quarter the latest government figures show industrial output failed by a record 13 and a half percent in february but economists are warning any recovery in china may be slowed by the Global Economic fallout lets check in with katrina you know in beijing one katrina one new infection in the epicenter of the whole crisis quite extraordinary. It is absolutely especially considering that just a few weeks ago we had more than 1000 cases reported every day you china so to have it down to just one locally transmitted case is absolutely extraordinary and in kuwait province theyre starting to ease the lockdown restrictions because of this tens of millions of people have been confined essentially to their apartments for the last few weeks people are starting to leave their homes also starting to leave medical workers now in february the government flew in 42000 nurses doctors and other personnel to help deal with overwhelmed staff in kuwait province now that more state of the people who are infected 80000 or so people who are infected now that the government says most of those people have been caught and have gone home the nurses and doctors can also fly home and have a bit of rest and the Chinese Government has now identified the main threat to china in terms of this outbreak containment is actually imported cases as you mentioned out of the 21 cases in port identified in the last 24 hours 20 of those cases are people who were infected abroad and brought the virus back into china and thats an issue because in china there are more than 100000 people who fly who arrive in the country every day and in beijing alone there more than 5000 people flying into the capital so the government is trying to discourage people from flying to china theyve asked 3 Major Chinese airlines to cut the number of flights coming into china to try to curtail those numbers and theyve also opened up we just heard in a press conference a hospital shall function hospital that was last used in 2003 to help deal with patients during the sars outbreak now that the hospital has more than 1000. 00 beds and the government says that any International Travelers presenting with symptoms will be brought to that hospital and theyve also been keen to remind the public that anybody quote concealing symptoms of the corner virus can face up to 7 years in jail if there had been some stories of people trying to take cold and flu tablets that kind of thing. To try to put down their fever symptoms another message from the Chinese Government that were hearing it from state media is that the reason chinese nationals are flying home in droves is that they simply cant trust the nations that have been put in place by these foreign governments say they feel safer simply in china because the outbreak does seem to be under control here now we do have to take that message with a bit of a grain of salt because it does seem to be about the Chinese Government isnt on a bit of a propaganda drive in relation to the epidemic in the last few days theyve just actually called out you was President Donald Trump tweeting and calling corbett 19 the chinese virus theyre furious about that and say that donald trump has smeared the Chinese People because of it but we have to remember that also follows a insinuation by the Chinese Foreign ministry that the virus was actually brought to china in the 1st place by the u. S. Military so there does seem to be a bit of a war of words between the 2 governments the Health Authorities have also been reminding the public that china is fast on its way to doing trials Clinical Trials for a new vaccine so analysts say that theyre also does seem to be a bit of a health race between the chinese and the u. S. Governments to see who can be the 1st to discover a cure or discover a vaccine. Katrin e. U. With the update from beijing thank you we look at iran now which is close 3 of its holiest sites to visitors despite strong opposition from protesters shrines in the cities. Were shut down to contain the spread of coronavirus 853 people have died in iran from the virus with almost 15000 confirmed cases weve also just heard that teheran is temporarily freeing about 85000 prisoners because of the pandemic last week the un asked iran to release them to help stem virus spread more on that one would start from teheran any idea how that works and how do you release 85000 people and then bring them back to jail at some point. Well we have to remember were in iran this is a very strict religious government with a very Strong Security apparatus so if theyre releasing them now theyre likely not worried about taking them back into custody and we should say that the prisoners who have been really should expect to be taken back into custody as of now on april 3rd that is the date for the end of this furlough now the furlough was agreed in late february and the government has been slow in releasing tens of thousands of what they say are nonviolent offenders in the past several weeks so what were seeing now with the latest figure is the spokesman for that you dish ary has said that those that are now released include Political Prisoners likely protesters are among them who were arrested during protests in november of last year the United Nations and other human Rights Groups has been calling for their release for some time now and have. Vocalized that request much more loudly ever since the outbreak of the coronavirus in the country now on the face of it this may seem like a magnanimous decision by a strict religious government but during a National Health crisis but we have to look at the details weve seen reports across the spectrum locally and internationally of chaos in the prison system. An inability to provide the needed medical care for those who are in prison care and custody of the government there have been some reports of people saying that that prisoners had to provide their own so that overcrowding remains a real problem and that other preventable illnesses are compound in the governments ability or peoples ability to keep from getting infected by covert 900 so while its not clear of those who are tested or those who were released were tested for the corona virus before they were released again the judicial spokesman said that they were present no threat to the public so make of that what you will but we do have to keep in mind that even until last week when the number of those who were. Released from the prison system was 70000. 00 the un special rapporteur on human rights in iran a judge and said that is far is addressing the corona Virus Outbreak in the country he said quote in my estimation the state has done too little too late that the same as robbery in teheran thank you moving to europe now france has joined spain and italy ordering people not to leave their homes except for work medical care or supplies it comes as thousands of new cases were reported across the e. U. Which has closed its x. Terminal borders here is natasha shes on skype from. France to take us through these new restrictions that are coming in place. Well i think many people in france are really waking up now to what is going to be the new reality at least for the next 15 days according to the french presence in an unmarked car who unveiled these new much stricter restrictions on daily life in a speech on monday people now have been told to stay indoors only go out if its something essential so they can go food shopping or they can go to work if they are unable to work from home if they want to go out on the street and go for a walk or walk they do or go or jogging or something they can do that but they have to be alone no one is allowed to stop and talk to each other in the street they could be no gatherings no visiting friends or family and these much stricter measures have really been put in place by the french president because he says that france is facing a huge unprecedented crisis the corona virus is spreading the hospitals are going to become overwhelmed he says france is at war effectively we cant see the enemy he says but it is certainly there and these restrictions have been put in place really to try and make sure that french people limit their social contact as much as possible as this continues with some concern i have to say for the government was over the past few days even though the government has been warning people in france to stay indoors and limit their contacts people have continued to mingle to the outside it was a very sunny day on on sunday and people across the cities in france were outside picnicking gathering in large numbers and that really caused a lot of anger amongst others amongst the government who said this is serious you have to take this seriously and now were seeing these measures put in place and effectively the same sort of measures we saw in italy thank you natasha but not with that update. The rest of the days news is coming up and so far Bernie Sanders has done well among hispanic primary votes but its expected to be a different story in florida that and more to go. Hello the wet season is almost over those kids catching showers admittedly sort of way seem born here and there in the forecast too but the concentration the frequencies and as it was even a week ago which is not to be was not surprising really theres an increasing number of potential lightish out in the philippines theyre showing up as a good scattering of a vietnam cambodia laos and thailand but the role that many of the concentration is to for the south it includes probably singapore but not that often and still it shows in java and a good part of borneo. In australia as a big contrast at the moment its remarkably warm with the wind as the interior being drawn ahead of this clouds in the bright side for adelaide in melbourne were talking about 30 mark the average about 2425 so its on the high side no significant challenge on us even in traffic or queensland bit of disappointment that it should be very wet at the moment and the temps come down and purrs for that onshore breeze but most of the rain is running to the south and then hitting tasmania which is wild. 21 for hobart in the rain 2032 from melbourne about the same for adelaide and said you have just middle twentys so youre enjoying a hot end to summer but maybe you want some more rain. For. Young women with a passion for space i used to dream about working and if they are still company like nasa and after that a small step to science that giant leap for womankind in kurdistan me but dont place it inside and at the scheduled time the south like to be sent into space women make science kind of stunt space school at the certified on aljazeera. Youre back with the latest developments in the global coronavirus. A rush to buy basic essentials in singapore after neighboring malaysia decided to close its borders this decision follows a spike in corona virus infections 125. 00 new cases bringing the total to 533. 00. China though reporting only one new domestic coronavirus case there were 20 or more of those are travelers arriving from overseas beijing says it expects to connally will also return to normal in the 2nd also. But france has joined spain and italy in ordering people not to leave their homes except for work medical tail supplies companies thousands of new cases were reported across the e. U. Which has closed its external borders. Breaking news out of baghdad and iraqs president has just named. As the new iraqi Prime Minister has been tasked with forming a government within 30 days as the country tries to overcome months of political deadlock more on this with Simona Fulton in baghdad take us through well who this new Prime Minister is and what he needs to get done. Well president barham saleh has made an unprecedented step choosing. As Prime Minister designate we have vowed the consultation of the Political Parties in parliament this is a quite vague area as far as the constitution is concerned because what the constitution says is that the president should nominate somebody who is tros and by the biggest bloc in parliament but if that person does not get is not able to form a government the president then chooses an other nominee now what is not clear if that other nominee can be chosen by the president directly or if that nominee still needs to come from the Political Parties and what weve seen here in iraq over the past months is that the political blocs have been excuse me unable to come up with a name that gets widespread support from both the political side but also from the streets now ive known he is currently a member of parliament as part of the Nasr Alliance this is a party that is headed by the previous Prime Minister hyderabad hes also somebody who served as the governor of. In 2004 at that time under the u. S. Administration led by paul bremmer so hes somebody who is seen as having pretty close ties with the west and with the u. S. Specifically and as a result of that many of the Political Parties in parliament are likely to reject him weve already heard statements from some of the parties yesterday and today one of the political blocs led by a former Prime MinisterNouri Al Maliki said that they will not accept any nominee who does not have the support from the Political Parties and also heard from the who is part of the fatah bloc which is probably the biggest bloc in parliament at the moment and he said that given the crisis that is going on in iraq with the protests we have rocket attacks that are ongoing but also the coronavirus there should be a state of emergency that is declared and the caretaker Prime Minister either love them or have the should remain. In the caretaker role until the for seeable future so it appears that at least among many of these shia parties there is a lack of support for and. It remains to be seen what the kurds and the sunnis will say they have not yet come out to voice their opinion but for now adnan so if you will have 30 days to form a cabinet and that cabinet then has to be voted on in parliament but given the statements that weve already heard coming from these various Political Parties its questionable whether he can secure that support aware that this political succession crisis that weve seen in iraq for months now is likely to continue to mount a full team of that update from baghdad thank you. And also in iraq the u. S. Led Coalition Fighting in iraq says it will be repositioning troops from smaller bases there he will start stationed at several bases could begin to leave for launch of bases in iraq has got a syrian wage within days 2000 u. S. Troops have been wounded in recent weeks after iranian backed groups launched a series of attacks on u. S. Forces in iraq the u. S. Military though says the redeployment was planned before the strike. Theres been a car bomb explosion in Southern Thailand thats injured at least 20 people happened in the city just as local government leaders were meeting to discuss coronavirus while in haiti following this one from bangkok take us through what you know way. Well this attack took place at around 10 in the morning on tuesday and the tech to use by the attack is also only to many a one even some thailand involved a smaller explosion that took place outside that building designed of course to get people to come out of the building upon hearing that explosion which is exactly what happened and then a larger bomb was detonated inside a vehicle assigned to cause maximum casualties which is exactly what happens this took place and eloquence thats one of the 3 southern most problems is im tired and bordering the nation where there are muslims groups operating they are fighting for what independence so great to autonomy from thailand which is a predominantly buddhist country and they staged regular attacks in those provinces most of them relatively small and mentioned having said that in the past 16 years or so weve seen around 7000. 00 People Killed most of the attacks time that Security Forces government officials or anyone that does seem to be sympathetic to the governments bangkok we never get any claims of responsibility for the eat attacks but in recent years. That most of the violence has been carried out by the Largest Group operating in those programs that are just reduce the national or the National Revolution response or the suspicion will be that they were behind this bomb attack on Tuesday Morning the timing is significant because in january we had the 1st round of peace talks in stopping time between the governments in bangkok and representatives on the meeting in kuala lumpur the malaysian capital what made it even more significant was that the 1st time in a very long time the key leadership at the rand was around the table present at those talks so there was real hope that we were going to see and meaningful way forward in terms of peace negotiations that could ultimately ultimately lead to a deal between the developments and by reason reduce the national this long attack will be seen as a main just sit back and possibly a sign on that the iranian leadership that they would happy with how those talks for greatest. Reporting from bangkok thank you now healthful for hes in the u. S. State of ohio were moved to postpone the president ial primary there just hours before the polls would you to open the States Health chiefs said it could expose verses to coronavirus decision to call off polling goes against a judges refusal to shut it down 50 cases have been confirmed in ohio so far but its all going ahead in 3 of the states arizona illinois and florida flores a crucial one a swing state where Bernie Sanders is struggling to win over hispanic voters polling shows the former Vice President joe biden has a commanding lead among them. Now scientists did recently praise Cubas Fidel Castro and described himself as a democratic socialist which are 2 things that could see him lose in the Sunshine State and as a report now from miami. Bernie sanders is built a Strong Coalition with support its been the envy of rival campaigns in nevada california and texas he decisively won over hispanic voters keen to embrace his socalled revolution. In florida though things are different like you know voters here tend to be older more moderate and wary of a candidate who proclaims himself a socialist when you see venezuelans that have escaped oppressive pretty democratic strategist evil and perez vidia says talk of progressive politics may backfire on the Sanders Campaign but this he says has the same tent as well so nice that the company says just a light or 2 into. So we have to be careful with messaging we have to be careful with words according to some polls sanders messaging appears to be driving hispanic voters to former Vice President joe biden and in a state with 219 delegates that could mean a knockout blow Bernie Sanders recently praised Cubas Fidel Castro saying his Literacy Program was a good thing thats a hard pill to swallow for a 1000000 cuban americans here who escaped the castro regime it also resonates with nicaraguans and venezuelans who escaped socialist leaders in their homeland its a kind of deep seated fear of a self avowed socialist the could spell trouble for the Sanders Campaign a registered myself and my has been for vote by mail Democratic Party activists say its important candidates realize how leftwing politics viewed by a vital voting bloc in a must win state they are a little bit hesitant when one of our candidates start praising left wing governments and not understanding how raw. Emotions are in the community to syria to very webmin says fears about socialism to make it hard to convince latinos to vote for the Democratic Party i am a very blunt person and i usually tell them. Would you like. That government to help you a little bit more you know the you believe in. Everybody should have the same rights about healthcare and the answer yes and i said then why are you voting republican hispanic voters here arent a monolithic voting bloc they look for a leadership varies and while many are united over issues Like Health Care education and Climate Change fear of socialism runs deep potentially boosting joe bidens bid in a state that seen as a road to the white house and gallacher aljazeera miami florida. We return to corona virus now on libya hasnt reported any cases yet despite it being surrounded by affected countries the Health Sector is already struggling due to fighting which has divided the country into areas controlled by rival factions and the National Center for Disease Control says it is not in a position to confront the buyers if it arrives another 100. 00 to support from tripoli. As crooner virus sweeps the globe no cases have so far been reported yet in libya or the tripoli to government is already taken preventive measures a state of emergency has been declared airports and border crossings will be closed for 3 weeks schools and universities for at least 2 weeks social gatherings have been restricted restaurants and cafes must close after 4 pm when this lady. For sure we are losing sales and income no one is happy with that but for us safety is more important than money. Government officials are also doing what they can to reassure the public. That we have started operating swing shops to produce the masses and were also preparing teams to spray streets with disinfectant. Libya so far one of the least affected countries by covert 195 of its neighbors have been hit by the violence thats because its been isolated from the outside world by war and instability. But its weak system could put it at risk for a possible break in. The capital tripoli has been under attack by forces loyal to warlord flee for have to head for almost a year now medical facilities have been striving to treat war casualties amid a shortage of equipment and medications. Say they are worried they might not be able to deal with people infected by couvade 19. What they need im assuring all citizens that we would never hide any information about any possible cases vista geisha might take longer what worries us is that we have unrestrained borders with those countries which have the disease and still deny it the country is suffering a financial crisis is due to the blockade of the oil exporting terminals by have to us forces and i would break of coronavirus would put even more pressure on already severely strained resources. With. Tripoli. Funny japanese man has been sentenced to death by hanging for one of the countrys worst mass murders. Or. Said to death 19 people with mental disabilities at a care home near tokyo and 2016 the 30 year old target of many of his victims as they slept he claimed his victims were burned society and that his actions were for the greater good. 0 there was a rush to buy basic essentials in singapore after neighboring malaysia decided to close its borders Kuala Lumpurs decision follows a spike in corona virus infections well authorities there have reported 125. 00 new cases bringing the total to 553. 00 has more. The measures that are going to happen about the nonessential services whether government or provided by the private sector these have to be closed what will be shops in the infective are considered essential and covered Telecommunications BroadcastingEnergy Electricity and food so restaurants will still be allowed to open but they wont be allowed to dine in customers they will be allowed to be open for delivery and takeaway but the most stringent measures come with Malaysian Borders malaysians are not allowed to leave the country and foreigners are not allowed to come in unless theyre working in any of whats considered at the if. Chinas reported only one new domestic coronavirus the other 20 were travelers arriving from overseas beijing says it also expects its economy to return to normal by the 2nd quarter frances join spain and ordering people not to leave their homes except for work medical care or supplants it comes as thousands of new cases were reported across the e. U. Which has closed its external borders but as well as president Nicolas Maduro has ordered all citizens to stay home to help contain the spread of coronavirus he said the move was drastic but necessary venezuela has more than 30 of the 800 confirmed cases in latin America Chile meanwhile has become the latest country in the region to announce the closure of its borders. Iran has temporarily freed about 85000 prisoners because of the pandemic 3 of its holiest sites have also been closed to visitors despite strong opposition. In other news feed has been named as iraqs new Prime Minister you know has to try to form a government within 30 days in the latest attempt to overcome months of political deadlock and the u. S. Led Coalition Fighting i saw in iraq says it will reposition troops from smaller bases stationed at several bases could begin to leave for larger bases in iraq syria and kuwait within days for the news in about 25 minutes women make sciences next. Me Steve Clemons on the bottom line for your weekly take on u. S. Politics and. Change. The system itself to benefit. People who actually believe things that are not true that is a crisis for democracy is a crisis of concentration